PMMA-12791 The Dynamics of Microcredit Borrowings in Cambodia

Abstract

We employ 2011–2014 panel data of eleven villages in Cambodia to investigate the impact of microcredit access on paddy quantity and income, expenditure on inputs of paddy production, and self-employment income. The panel data enables us to implement difference-in-differences and triple differences estimators. We find that credit participants experience a 26.1% increase in paddy income, a 68.9% in paddy quantity and a 26.5% in expenditure on inputs of paddy production. Poorer households benefit more from credit participation. Participants also experience increased non-land durable assets relative to those of non-participants, particularly agricultural assets. We find weak evidence that women participants benefit more from credit program than male counterparts. Although women are more likely to start self-employment activities with loans—mainly in the informal sector—the income gains are not statistically different from zero relative to what men earn. Keywords: multiple-source borrowing, microcredit, Cambodia, formal and informal

Members

Project leader: Vathana Roth

Project researchers: Bopharath Sry | PHANN Dalis | Dorina Pon

Scientific mentors: Abdelkrim Araar | Luca Tiberti

Journal publication

No journal publications.

Working Papers

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
	The dynamics of microcredit borrowings in Cambodia	2017-03-24	2.32MB	0	0

Policy Briefs

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	Impact of microcredit borrowing on wellbeing in Cambodia	2017-02-18	423.21kB	0	0

Final report

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		2016-09-02	716.55KB	0	1

Proposal

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
		2015-05-29	761.98KB	0	0